TAFEA PROVINCE
KEY - FACTS
The 2016 Post Pam mini census was carried out to update statistics on the population and socio-economic development, after the Tropical cyclone (TC) Pam, throughout all the provinces of Vanuatu. Population characteristic is vital information about Vanuatu and individual provinces.
Tafea province fact-sheet is a booklet that summarizes all information for Tafea province in eleven (11) key topics. The topics are being summarize and presented in a form of key findings.
The key findings are from the population information, housing information, education, information on labor, agriculture and forestry, livestock and fisheries, communication and energy, water and sanitation, disaster and lastly the information on registration.
KEY RESULT
1. POPULATION
POPULATION
Tafea province has a youthful population with 46% of the population under the age of 15 years of age. About a quarter of Tafea population are between the age of 15- 29 years and the percentage keeps decreasing as the age increases.
Age group by sex showed an interesting analysis. In Tafea, there are more males in the younger and older age groups while females dominated the population in the two middle groups 15-29 & 30-49.
Presenting Tafea population by Area council showed that majority of the population are from Tanna area councils with high proportion compared to the outer islands. West Tanna stood tall with over 8,000 people while Aniwa maintain as low as below 500
2. HOUSING
Housing or dwelling is defined as a structural building or shelter that houses a nuclear or an extended family. Housing materials in Vanuatu can be in the form of a traditional, modern or a makeshift style.
The statistical definition of a household (HH) in a census is ”a family that live together and share the cost and work of preparing a meal”.
PRIVATE HOUSEHOLDS
Out of the total private households in Vanuatu, 12% (6,853) are counted in Tafea province (Table 1). Table 2 showed that Tanna island has the highest number of private households (87%) compared to the outer islands in Tafea.
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
The size of a household refers to the number of family members living together. This can be calculated as total number of population surveyed divided by the total number of households surveyed. For Example: In Tafea total population (in private households) is 36,799 and the total private households is 6,853. Therefore, the average household size is: 36,799/6,853 = 5 person per household.
3. EDUCATION
The 2016 Mini Census questionnaire includes 2 questions pertaining to School Attendance. These questions were asked to household member living in the household that did or did not attend school. A person is considered to be in education if, during the survey week, they attended any form of education either full time or part time.
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
Figure 1 shows that majority of age 4 to 13 years old attended school during the census period. On the other hand majority of age 23 to 30 do not attend school. Overall as the age increases, the number of population that attended school decreases..
EDUCATIONAL LEVEL
Tafea statistics of children that attended school shows that majority of the student falls in the Primary Level with over nine thousand children (see Table 2). The area council with most primary students is West Tanna with just over two thousand children. Middle bush Tanna, Whitesands, North Tanna and South West Tanna had over 1,000 primary students and the rest of the area councils had under 500 students attending Primary Schools. The least is from Aniwa area council with 104 primary students.
4. LABOUR FORCE
'Labour force' are the working-age population who during the survey reference week are classified as 'employed' and 'unemployed'.
Main Activity in the Last Seven Days
The Mini Census asked main activity during the last seven days. Main activity was asked to population aged 15 years and over and type of activity which were;
1. Employed ; Employer, Self employed, employee public/private sector.
2. Producing goods ; included producing goods for own consumption and sale.
3. Unpaid family Work ; includes family business and household duties.
4. Volunteer work ; includes community and church services.
5. Economically inactive ; are the population not involved in any work during the survey period but are in the working age group. This does not
include Retired, Disabled and full time students.
